# airgead
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑɾʲəɟəd̪ˠ/, /ˈaɾʲəɟəd̪ˠ/, /ˈæɾʲəɟəd̪ˠ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈæːɾʲɪɟəd̪ˠ]

### Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid, nominative plural airgid)
* silver
* money, sum of money

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
airgead
airgid
vocative
a airgid
a airgeada
genitive
airgid
airgead
dative
airgead
airgid
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-airgead
na hairgid
genitive
an airgid
na n-airgead
dative
leis an airgead don airgead
leis na hairgid :
* Alternative plural: airgeadaí

#### Derived terms

* airgead bán (“silver money”)
* airgead beo
* airgead bréige (“bad, counterfeit, money”)
* airgead briste
* airgead buí (“gold money”)
* airgead cam (“illgotten money”)
* airgead cinn (“head-money”)
* airgead coirce (“dues”)
* airgead croise (“coin engraved with cross; florin”)
* airgead fola
* airgead geal (“silver money”)
* airgead imeartha (“stakes (in gambling)”)
* airgead inchaite (“spending-money”)
* airgead láimhe (“cash (on hand)”)
* airgead luachra (“meadow-sweet”)
* airgead mion (“small change”)
* airgead páipéir
* airgead póca
* airgead reatha
* airgead rua (“copper money”)
* airgead síos (“cash down”)
* airgead spártha (“spare cash”)
* airgead taisce (“savings”)
* airgead tirim
* airgeadaí
* airgeadaigh
* airgeadán
* airgeadas
* airgeadóir
* airgeadpháipéar
* airgeadra
* airgeadsnáithe
* airgeadúil
* an draoi airgid (“a great amount of money”)
* an iomad airgid (“too much money”)
* bainistíocht airgid (“money management”)
* bonn airgid (“silver coin”)
* bosca airgid (“money-box”)
* briseadh airgid (“small change”)
* briste as airgead (“out of money, broke”)
* bunachar airgid (“money put by, nest-egg”)
* cabhair airgid (“help in money, subsidy”)
* cailleadh airgid (“loss of money”)
* caiteoir airgid (“money-spender”)
* caitheamh airgid (“spending of money; waste of money”)
* carn airgid
* ceal airgid (“lack of money”)
* cíocras airgid
* cíocras chun airgid (“greed for money”)
* comhartha airgid (“money token”)
* conamar airgid (“bits of money, meagre sum of money”)
* córas airgid (“currency system”)
* crobh airgid (“handful of money”)
* cruach airgid (“pile of money”)
* cuidiú airgid (“financial assistance”)
* cúl airgid (“reserve of money”)
* cúnamh airgid (“financial help”)
* cuntas airgid (“cash account”)
* cúrsaíocht airgid (“circulation of money”)
* deontas airgid (“money grant”)
* díobháil airgid (“lack of money”)
* diomailt airgid (“waste of money”)
* dríodar airgid (“residue, small amount, of money”)
* duais airgid (“money prize, purse”)
* easpa airgid (“lack of money”)
* éigean airgid (“need of money”)
* fáltas éigin airgid (“some small amount of money”)
* fear airgid (“a rich man”)
* gréithe airgid (“silverware”)
* íocaíocht airgid (“money payment”)
* lamháil airgid (“money allowance”)
* leabhar airgid (“cash-book”)
* leagáid airgid (“money, pecuniary, legacy”)
* lucht an airgid (“the moneyed classes”)
* mála airgid (“money-bag”)
* malartóir airgid
* margadh airgid (“money-market”)
* mionairgead
* neamh-mheán airgid (“huge amount of money”)
* ócáid tiomsaithe airgid
* ordú airgid (“money order”)
* pinginí airgid
* pinginí beaga airgid (“a little money”)
* púdar airgid (“plate-powder”)
* rácadóir airgid (“croupier”)
* sábháil airgid (“money-saving”)
* scipéad airgid (“cash-drawer, till”)
* scragall airgid (“silver foil”)
* teoiric chainníocht an airgid
* tiomsaitheoir airgid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 187, page 93
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 45, page 24
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 27
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 129, page 50
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 253, page 49

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airgead”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “airgead”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “airgead”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### Alternative forms

* airgiod

### Etymology

From Old Irish argat (“silver”), from Proto-Celtic *argantom (compare Welsh arian), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- (“to shine”) (compare Latin argentum (“silver”)).

### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈaðakʲət̪/
* (Uist) IPA: /ˈɛɾʲɛkʲət̪/
* (Barra) IPA: [ˈæɾʲækʲət̪~ˈæʒækʲət̪]

### Noun

airgead m (genitive singular airgid or airgead, no plural)
* money
* silver

#### Derived terms

* airgead pronn
* airgead-beò
* airgead-calpa
* airgead-pòcaid
* inneal-airgid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “airgead”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “argat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language